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Spartanburg, S.C. - The USC Upstate women's soccer team took a season-high 19 shots but were unable to capitalize as NJIT defeated the Spartans 3-0 in the ASUN Conference opener at County University Soccer Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
NJIT improves to 5-4-2 overall and 1-0 in league play while Upstate falls to 0-9-2 and 0-1.
Stats of the Match
- Upstate outshot NJIT 19-16.
- Delaney Bussey took a career-high five shots for the Spartans, followed by Nicki Krejci with three shots. Missy Pumphrey finished with a career-high two shots, with Autumn Gore, Maddie Little and Leah Tyson also taking two shots.
- Arianna Gerber led NJIT with five shots.
- Karen David made eight saves for NJIT. Brooke Bailey made five saves for Upstate.
NJIT Goals
- Nicole Baldassini found a pass from Arianna Gerber in traffic and scored her third goal of the year at 8:08 (NJIT 1, Upstate 0).
- Carley Berdan played a ball to Kaelyn Gamel, who beat Bailey one on one to give the Highlanders a 2-0 lead at 49:57 (NJIT 2, Upstate 0).
- Alex Gilgorri stole the ball just outside the box and played it to Neema Liverpool, with Liverpool finishing her team-leading fifth goal of the season at 77:27 (NJIT 3, Upstate 0).
Up Next
- Upstate opens a two-match Florida road trip on Friday as they take on Florida Gulf Coast at 7 p.m.
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